SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF AN INTERNET USER
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1. A method of estimating an internet user'"'"'s geographic location, comprising:
- tracking the Internet user'"'"'s visits to at least one Internet site promoting a business having a business geographic location thereby defining a visited Internet site;
determining the business geographic location of the business promoted by the visited Internet site thereby defining a matched business location; and
estimating the Internet user'"'"'s geographic location to be at least adjacent to the matched business location.
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Abstract
A system and method of estimating an Internet user'"'"'s geographic location is disclosed. The method includes tracking the Internet user'"'"'s visits to at least one Internet site promoting a business having a business geographic location to define a visited Internet site, determining the business geographic location of the business promoted by the visited Internet site to define a matched business location, and estimating the Internet user'"'"'s geographic location to be at least adjacent to the matched business location.
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1. A method of estimating an internet user'"'"'s geographic location, comprising:
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tracking the Internet user'"'"'s visits to at least one Internet site promoting a business having a business geographic location thereby defining a visited Internet site;
determining the business geographic location of the business promoted by the visited Internet site thereby defining a matched business location; and
estimating the Internet user'"'"'s geographic location to be at least adjacent to the matched business location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of estimating an Internet user'"'"'s geographic location, comprising:
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providing a database having respective business geographic location information for a plurality of Internet sites;
tracking the Internet user'"'"'s visits to a plurality of Internet sites thereby defining a plurality of visited Internet sites;
matching at least one visited Internet site to an Internet site in the database thereby defining a matched business geographic location;
comparatively determining the matched business geographic location having the most matches thereby defining a most popular business geographic location; and
estimating the Internet user'"'"'s geographic location to be adjacent to the most popular business geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for estimating the geographic location of an Internet user, comprising:
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a database having respective business geographic location information for a plurality of Internet sites;
a means for tracking Internet sites that the Internet users visits, thereby defining a plurality of visited Internet sites; and
a means for correlating the Internet user'"'"'s geographic location to the business geographic location information obtained from the visited Internet sites. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing Internet search results based upon the estimated geographic location of an Internet user, comprising:
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providing a database having respective business geographic location information for a plurality of Internet sites;
tracking the Internet user'"'"'s visits to a plurality of Internet sites thereby defining a plurality of visited Internet sites;
matching at least one visited Internet site to an Internet site in the database thereby defining a matched business geographic location;
comparatively determining the matched business geographic location having the most matches thereby defining a most popular business geographic location;
estimating the Internet user'"'"'s geographic location to be adjacent to the most popular business geographic location thereby defining an Internet user location;
receiving an Internet search request from the Internet search user; and
displaying search results for Internet sites having a geographic business location adjacent to the Internet user geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of displaying geographically relevant Internet search results based upon the geographic location of an Internet user, comprising:
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providing a database having respective business geographic location information for a plurality of Internet sites;
determining the geographic location of the Internet user;
receiving an Internet search request from the Internet search user; and
displaying search results for Internet sites having a geographic business location adjacent to the geographic location of the Internet user. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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